Ureometer, and various urinary test tablets, United States, 1886-1929

Ureometer, and various urinary test tablets, United States, 1886-1929 Urine test kit, containing various urinary test tablets

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Urine test kit, containing various urinary test tablets
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Urine test kit, containing various urinary test tablets, in red leather case, by Parke Davis and Co.

The amount of urea in urine was detected and measured by a simple chemical test. Urea was identified in the 1800s as a breakdown product of the proteins in the body. Pharmaceutical companies such as Parke-Davis and Company, who made this example, soon manufactured small portable test kits for doctors to use at the patient’s bedside. Tests for levels of urea indicate to physicians how well a person’s kidneys work. Waste products cannot be removed from the blood when a person’s kidneys fail. This causes illness. The ureometer comes in a red leather case with various urinary test tablets. These include potassium, lead oxide and citric acid.

Details

Category:
Clinical Diagnosis
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A69618
Materials:
case, leather, case, fabric, red, tubes, glass and tubes, cork
Measurements:
overall (rolled): 70 mm x 30 mm, .1kg
overall (open, lying flat): 30 mm x 237 mm x 262 mm, .079 kg
overall (closed, lying flat): 30 mm x 93 mm x 100 mm, 0.079 kg
overall (unrolled): 220 mm x 230 mm
type:
ureometer
credit:
Wilder, C.G.

Parts

Sodium carbonate tablets in corked glass tube

Sodium carbonate tablets in corked glass tube

Sodium carbonate tablets in corked glass tube

Object Number:
A69618 Pt1
type:
urine test kits
Picric acid tablets in corked glass tube

Picric acid tablets in corked glass tube

Picric acid tablets in corked glass tube

Object Number:
A69618 Pt2
type:
urine test kits
Bismuth subnitrate tablets corked glass tube

Bismuth subnitrate tablets corked glass tube

Bismuth subnitrate tablets corked glass tube

Object Number:
A69618 Pt3
type:
urine test kits
Indigo and sodium carbonate powder in corked glass tube

Indigo and sodium carbonate powder in corked glass tube

Indigo and sodium carbonate powder in corked glass tube

Object Number:
A69618 Pt4
type:
urine test kits
Potassio-mercuric iodide tablets in corked glass tube

Potassio-mercuric iodide tablets in corked glass tube

Potassio-mercuric iodide tablets in corked glass tube

Object Number:
A69618 Pt5
type:
urine test kits
Sodium tungstate tablets in corked glass tube

Sodium tungstate tablets in corked glass tube

Sodium tungstate tablets in corked glass tube

Object Number:
A69618 Pt6
type:
urine test kits
Citric acid tablets in corked glass tube

Citric acid tablets in corked glass tube

Citric acid tablets in corked glass tube

Object Number:
A69618 Pt7
type:
urine test kits
Lead oxide tablets in corked glass tube

Lead oxide tablets in corked glass tube

Lead oxide tablets in corked glass tube

Object Number:
A69618 Pt8
type:
urine test kits
Potassium ferrocyanide tablets in corked glass tube

Potassium ferrocyanide tablets in corked glass tube

Potassium ferrocyanide tablets in corked glass tube

Object Number:
A69618 Pt9
type:
urine test kits
Litmus paper glass tube with test papers

Litmus paper glass tube with test papers

Litmus paper glass tube with test papers

Object Number:
A69618 Pt10
type:
urine test kits
Test tube with cotton wool

Test tube with cotton wool

Test tube with cotton wool

Materials:
whole, glass
Object Number:
A69618 Pt13
type:
urine test kits
Red leather folding wrap case for urine test kit by Parke Davis and Co

Red leather folding wrap case for urine test kit by Parke Davis and Co

Red leather folding wrap case for urine test kit by Parke Davis and Co.

Materials:
case, leather and case, fabric, red
Object Number:
A69618 Pt15
type:
urine test kits